urban: as you know and live, the owner is the last to get paid. Circling the drain is many small businesses. Not just the mom/pop. After everyone else is paid, reserves funded, etc. the owner draw can be very tiny even while driving the slick leased car and looking very successful.
Not slamming anyone, but if the market cannot bear a pass through added cost, labor is the first to be reduced as usually the highest expense.
